By Kundai Marunya
LATE last year, a devastating inferno tore through Mbare Musika’s Retail Market, reducing traders’ stalls to ashes and causing losses estimated in millions of US dollars. What was a heartbreaking disaster, however, also presented an op- portunity — an opportunity to re-imagine, redesign and rebuild the market into a modern, structured trading space
that could become a benchmark for vending in Zimbabwe.
Now, with just two weeks before President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officially open the newly constructed market, there are growing concerns...
By Shephard Majengeta
THE informal sector, often dismissed as peripheral and chaotic, is an indispensable pillar of Zimbabwe’s economy. It has emerged as a critical source of livelihood for millions of Zimbabweans.
Not only is it a survival strategy but a dynamic engine of economic...
